Area children write their own ghost stories...

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Editor's note: Every year, The Item asks students to write a scary story. This year, the stories began, "The door slammed shut and...''

...Brayden, Maddie, Christina and Nate were trapped! They all split up. They walked along the walls until they came to a room. They slowly creaked open the door. There was a ghost! They ran out of the room. Nate screamed "Is there a ghost here?'' Maddie screamed "SPIDERS!'' Then they bumped into a vampire. Brayden ran away. They ran outside and all ran right into a very old pool. They never went back to the haunted house again.

Christina Spinelli

Grade 2

Mary Rowlandson School

Lancaster

...two girls walked into the house. They weren't scared. They thought the house was new, but it wasn't. They felt the wind, and then they felt scared. Maya whispered "I'm scared!''

"AHHHHH, GHOST!'' Hannah screamed.

"What?''

"A GHOST!''

"We need to get you to a doctor'' said Maya. "There is no ghost.''

"Oh yes'' said Hannah. "And now I'm going to chase you!'' And the two girls were never seen or heard from ever again.

Maya Turano

Grade 2

Mary Rowlandson School

Lancaster

...Madison, Kacie and Alyssa walked in thinking it's their house. They walk down the hall feeling brave. But when they get further down the hall they realize it's not really their house. They see spiders crawling up the walls, skeletons and cobwebs all over the place! But just as they were about to walk back down the hall and out the door, Madison felt a tap on her shoulder! Madison whirled around... and saw a ghost!

"Ahhhhhh'' said Madison and she quickly ran screaming out of the house! Her friends turned around to see what their friend had seen. They saw the ghost! Then they ran screaming out of the house and went back to their own real house. And that's the story of Madison and the haunted house!

Madison Oxnard

Grade 2

Mary Rowlandson School

Lancaster

... Erin and Simon were moving to a new house. "I do not want to move. I do not want to live in this new house,'' said Erin. "We have to,'' said their mom. Simon screamed, "There's a big tarantula!'' Simon and Erin ran and ran and ran until they ran right into a ghost and a zombie and a witch. They lived in the house, too. Erin and Simon had to live in the house and hated it. Every day, they had to run from their enemies, the zombie, witch, tarantula and ghost. One day, mom said the ghost and the tarantula had been sent to live with their wives. That night, Simon and Erin's mom cooked spaghetti and eye balls. Erin screamed and gave her food to the dog. Finally, two days later, they moved into a perfect new house.

Courtney Lawrence

Grade 2

Mary Rowlandson School

Lancaster

...they were in the haunted house. Then they heard a noise. "It's a ghost! No, it's a mummy!'' When the friends got up the stairs they saw creatures and bats going out of the chimney. They saw cobwebs on the ceiling and a big case. "What is that?'' It was a mummy case. "Should we open it?'' asked one friend. "Let's go for it!'' There was nothing in it, all they saw was a spider. A voice said "BOOO'' and a devil popped out and growled at the friends. "I hope we can get out soon'' said Brayden. "I hope so too,'' said Matthew. They saw another door but when they got there they saw 10 ghosts eating their dinner. "Let's get out of here!'' said Matthew. But when they turned around a girl named Christine was crying. Brayden asked if she knew the way out. She said "yes, it's the door right there.'' The door opened up to the backyard and they escaped and got home.

Brayden Christian

Grade 2

Mary Rowlandson School

Lancaster

... then I woke up! I heard a loud noise, looked at my clock. It was 2:13 in the...